Webinars

Lafferty webinars are focused online forums covering topics in retail banking, cards & payments, e-commerce and mobile money. Drawing on data and insights from Lafferty's exclusive databases, research and thought leadership reports, our webinars provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the trends, thoughts and ideas that are shaping the the world of financial services, now and in the future.

Our webinars are informative and interactive, with all participants given the opportunity to ask questions and take part in the discussion. Webinars can be viewed live online, with most webinars also available on demand at a time that suits you after the live broadcast. In most cases, participants will be provided with a copy of the recording.

A schedule of our 2016 webinars can be seen below, as can a list of previous webinars. For more information, or to request a recording of one our webinars, please contact Caroline Hastings at caroline.hastings@lafferty.com.

Previous Webinars

This webinar describes and analyses the changes taking place in the regional merchant acquiring landscape in Latin America, benchmarking 11 individual markets in the region.

BONUS: The webinar concluded with a live Q&A session, where attendees had the opportunity to put questions to Lafferty Group's senior researchers.

Merchant Services Outlook: Asia-Pacific: 26 October 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

This webinar describes and analyses the changes taking place in the regional merchant acquiring landscape in Asia-Pacific, benchmarking 16 individual countries in the region.

Drawing on unique data and insights from Lafferty Group's World Cards Intelligence online database, this webinar will show you:

(i.) A comprehensive insight into the regional acquiring market

(ii.) An overview of the individual markets in the region, benchmarking each country in areas such as: absolute number of credit cards; number of credit cards per 100 adults; credit card MSCs; and POS billed volume

(iii.) The Asia-Pacific region in a global context, providing perspective on the figures presented

Credit Cards: Europe describes and analyses the changes taking place in the European cards market, building a comprehensive picture of the industry across Europe, benchmarking 25 individual countries in the region.

This webinar benchmarks the countries in different areas, such as the absolute number of credit cards, the number of credit cards held per 100 adults, credit card billed volume and POS billed volume.

The presentation concludes with a live Q&A session, where attendees had the chance to put questions to Lafferty Group's senior researchers — offering an even more in-depth look at the European cards market.

Merchant Services Outlook: Europe describes and analyses the changes taking place in the merchant acquiring landscape and build a comprehensive picture of the industry across Europe, benchmarking 27 individual countries in the region.

Specific topics included in this webinar include:

An overview of the markets in the region, benchmarking each country in areas such as: number of credit cards per 100 adults; credit card MSCs; and POS billed volume.

Regional merchant income analysis.

The changing merchant acquiring landscape.

The presentation concludes with a live Q&A session, where attendees put questions to Lafferty Group's senior researchers — a unique opportunity to gain an even greater insight into the European merchant acquiring market.

Lafferty Group COO Ronan Lynch and Lafferty Group research department heads Phathisani Khumalo and David Hickey are joined by special guest Sriram Natarajan, COO of Quatrro Payments Services for a special webinar where we ask:

Are Visa and Mastercard trying to acquire the entire payments ecosystem?

Despite the challenges presented by the rise of national networks, the entrance of new payments players, the issues with retailers, and the panic created in a post-Brexit financial world, Mastercard and Visa have continued to thrive, expand and adapt.

Mastercard's acquisition of UK-based payments company Vocalink and its announcement that it will be applying for a payments licence in China comes around the time of its first rebrand in 20 years; this can't be a coincidence. Mastercard is ready to move away from the physical and 'cash-in' on the expanding digital payments market.

Visa has made interesting announcements of its own — higher-than-expected quarterly profits and an end to the standoff with PayPal through a potentially very profitable partnership.

Credit Cards: North America gives participants a comprehensive insight into the regional cards market, as well as a broad overview of the three markets in the region — United States, Canada and Mexico.

This webinar benchmarks the three countries in different areas, such as the absolute number of credit cards as well as the number of credit cards held per 100 adults, as well as placing the North America region in a global context.

The webinar concludes with a live Q&A session with Lafferty researchers, offering an even more in-depth look at the North America cards market.

E-commerce Payments: United States provides participants with a comprehensive overview of the e-commerce market in the United States. Participants will also be given a clear idea of the trends that are set to shape the e-commerce landscape in the United States for years to come.

As well as placing the United States e-commerce market in a global context, specific topics to be covered in the webinar include: Total e-commerce sales and market size, top e-commerce merchants, top iPSPs and top payments players.

The webinar concludes with a live Q&A session with Lafferty researchers.

E-commerce Payments: United Kingdom gives participants a comprehensive insight into the e-commerce market in the UK.

Utilising the unparalleled data and insights from Lafferty's E-commerce Payments Databank, this webinar will allow participants to attain a greater understanding of the e-commerce market in the UK, a benchmark European market, and provide a clear understanding of the trends that will shape the UK market for years to come.

Specific topics covered will include; Total e-commerce sales and e-commerce market size, top e-commerce merchants, top iPSPs and top payments players.

E-commerce Payments: Germany provides a comprehensive overview of the e-commerce market in Germany.

Using unparalleled data and insights from Lafferty's E-commerce Payments Databank, participants will attain a greater understanding of the e-commerce landscape in a key European economy, as well as a clear idea of the trends that will shape the market for years to come.

Specific topics covered in this webinar include; Total e-commerce sales and e-commerce market size, top e-commerce merchants, top iPSPs and top payments players.

Lafferty Bank Quality Ratings is a unique new research and intelligence service that continually rates the worlds' top banks for their quality. Such a classification has never been attempted before.

In this complimentary webinar, the methodology behind our approach to rating banks was explained, as well as a discussion on the trends and implications resulting from our first series of 100 bank ratings.

The Merchant Services Outlook: North America webinar, presented by Patrick Houlihan, Senior Research Analyst at Lafferty Group, provided a comprehensive insight into the regional merchant acquiring market, as well as giving a broad overview of the three markets in the region. In addition, the webinar placed the region in a global context, giving some perspective to the figures.

Specific topics covered in the webinar included regional income analysis, the US credit card acquiring market share and the changing acquiring landscape in the region, amongst others. The webinar helped participants to attain a greater understanding of the acquiring landscape in North America, and will provide them with a clear idea of the trends that will shape the acquiring space in the region over the next several years.